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Member Since:

Jun 01, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Ran for SUU on their Cross Country/Track and Field teams

2015 Alta Track Athlete of the Year

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and and build mileage

Get faster

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running

Run the Boston Marathon at least once

Personal:

Married, we have one daughter so far. I ran for Alta high school and was trained by Rob Murphy, he is a great coach, one of the best there is. I also ran for Southern Utah University.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 1128.25
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
23.100.000.000.0023.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Canal road, 6 strides

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy stroller miles

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.700.000.000.002.70

Shake out before the race, practiced starting at the right pace. Going to be a cold one.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.400.000.000.007.40

18:10 at the cottonwood heights 5k. I had 4 levels of goals today

1. Beat my 2018 time of 18:22

2. Break 18

3. Break 17:45 (my personal estimate of a sub 17 equivalent on a fast course)

4. Beat my 2017 time of 17:35

So getting the fastest time I've run for the last 6 years is a big deal. I'm trending in the right direction!

Getting into the actual race I made some mistakes. I again failed to do a proper warm up, only getting half a mile. I pulled myself back too much and went out too conservatively and I wasn't able to push myself to change gears after the 1st mile like I'd planned. But I did finish with a 2:34 last half mile, including a 73 second last quarter. I love that last stretch of this race. I don't think I trusted the fitness I've been building enough and I'm just out of practice with racing, but it was a very fun race as always.

Also got to see Rob and meet one of his former students from his first year of coaching, that was really cool!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
23.100.000.000.0023.10
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